Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1.
Subsection (a) of section 17b-811a of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):

(a) The Commissioner of Social Services shall implement and administer, within available appropriations, a program of transitionary rental assistance for private housing for persons who are employed at the time they leave the temporary family assistance program and who:
(1) Have income which exceeds the payment standard under said program, or (2) are employed a minimum of twelve hours per week.
The commissioner may establish a durational limit for the receipt of such assistance which shall not exceed a period of twelve months.
The commissioner may establish priorities for allocating transitionary rental assistance based on whether a person is eligible pursuant to subdivision (1) or subdivision (2) of this subsection.